Example sentences of "[pron] [vb mod] have [verb] [art] " in BNC.

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1 It is not surprising that many people , some of whom may have seen the equity in their homes rise tenfold , should decide to spend more .
2 Either of them may have seen the killer .
3 ’ The concluding words show that a claim to contribution might arise under the Act of 1935 out of tortious conduct committed by two or more persons even though one or both of them may have committed a crime in the course of such conduct .
4 As for the library , the surviving books without a proper building to house them must have made a dismal appearance .
5 The story that one of them must have told a Daily Sketch reporter a year later was that sitting in a West End club and finding the cold unbearable they had decided to go somewhere warm .
6 Two of the several names owned by another recipient had strayed into someone 's word-processor to create a further deserving don , the knowing reference to whom must have ruined the new year for more than one senior scholar .
7 I think , however , I may have discovered a cure .
8 I just wanted to say three brief things about the boundaries , before doing so I think I may have to declare a personal interest .
9 I may have asked a few more questions ; I ca n't remember now .
10 Not much to report this week on the home front , except that I have a sneaking feeling I may have broken a bone in my right hand .
11 But the time has come to admit that in my efforts to explain this one valid point I may have misled the reader in other ways .
12 ‘ The baby is scheduled at the end of March , but if it is late , I may have to miss the Masters .
13 I may have to miss the first game but I 'm hoping to get myself a boot made for my left foot with a steel plate in it to protect the toe so that I can practice as soon as I get to India . ’
14 I hope I may have given a few ideas and if anyone makes their fortune and buys a villa in the South of France , will you invite me for a holiday , please ?
15 But I feel I should return just a moment to the matter of my father ; for it strikes me I may have given the impression earlier that I treated him rather bluntly over his declining abilities .
16 In distinguishing between ( a ) and ( b ) I may have given the impression of wishing to maintain a strict distinction between space and time as against the physical space-time .
17 I may have hit the Mel Sterland fan club here .
18 A hectic programme for the 18-year-old : ‘ I may have played a little too much rugby this season but I so enjoy playing , and I try not to say ‘ no ’ to anyone who invites me to play .
19 I suppose I 've seen Matthew with the safe open , and I may have noticed the books , but this firm has been going for more than a century and one does n't take much notice of such things , one has grown up with them . ’
20 I may have to spend a lot of my time in Scotland now — perhaps even look for a Scottish constituency — and your work is in London . ’
21 I may have abused the trust Dr Kingdom placed in me . ’
22 I may have made an unconscious movement towards him because he gave me a last malevolent grin and disappeared into the crowd .
23 Raymond is n't fond of Jewish cooking and I may have lost the knack .
24 I may have got a better deal by moving to Australia , and I still have ambitions to play there .
25 I may have got the idea from him in the first place , but that 's all .
26 by then I may have sold the house and , I mean , as soon as I sell the house
27 Do you consider that I may have committed a disciplinary offence ?
28 A little too sweet , and I may have overdone the spice .
29 I may have had a foolish mother but at least she was there .
30 I may have had a few words with her , but that 's all . ’
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